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  1. Generative- und Agentic-AI für IT-Manager
    Hype trifft auf Realität in großen Unternehmen
    Wolfgang Keller

    LLMs und Agentic AI sind derzeit Hype. Richtig angewendet können sie extreme positive Effekte bringen. Dieses Buch zeigt, vor welchen Herausforderungen man in großen Unternehmen und speziell auch in regulierten Umfeldern bei der Einführung stehen wird. Das Buch ist eine leicht lesbare Einführung für IT-nahe Führungskräfte und Enterprise Architekten und auch nützlich für IT-Profis allgemein, die in das Thema einsteigen möchten und absehbare Projektfehler vermeiden möchten

  2. Unethical Software Engineering
    Dark Patterns
    Cesare Pautasso

    In unethical software, not every line of code is written with good intentions. Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns exposes how to manipulate users, drive profits, and evade accountability. From covert surveillance, monetization at all costs, digital fraud, ranking manipulation, all the way to unethical artificial intelligence practices, this scary book unveils how these "dark patterns" exploit human beings, erode trust, and disrupt digital ethics.Whether you're a developer, an architect, a tech enthusiast, or simply a concerned user, this book will change how you think about your daily apps — and inspire you to demand better. By helping you to draw the line between what is acceptable and what is questionable, Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns shines a light on the digital dark side of software engineering where profits are prioritized over people.

  3. Modern Introduction to Data Science
    Mastering Analytics, Machine Learning, and Data-Driven Insights
    Alex R. Insight

    Master the future of technology with this definitive guide to Modern Data Science. Unlock actionable insights through Analytics, Machine Learning, and Big Data strategies. Perfect for beginners and pros wanting a logic-first approach to data-driven decision making.

  4. The AI-Powered Freelancer
    Master the Essential AI Toolkit to Double Your Income and Reclaim Your Time.
    Alex R. Insight

    Unlock the future of work: Learn how to 10x your productivity, automate your workflow, and scale your freelance business using the latest AI tools in 2026. This comprehensive guide is designed for freelancers and digital nomads looking to master Generative AI and Prompt Engineering. Discover how to use Artificial Intelligence for content automation, AI-driven marketing, and client acquisition. Whether you want to build a high-paying side hustle or generate passive income, this book provides the roadmap for scaling a freelance business and staying ahead in the global gig economy.

  5. Traffic Domination Blueprint: Skyrocket Your Website Traffic & Rule Google’s First Page
    Proven Strategies to Skyrocket Website Traffic, Dominate Google Rankings, and Build Lasting Online Authority
    Elite Readers

    Unlock the secrets to skyrocketing website traffic, mastering SEO, and dominating Google’s first page with practical strategies, expert insights, and long-term growth techniques.

  6. The Strategist's Edge
    Thriving in the Agentic AI Economy
    Shahril Azwin Zainul Abidin

    The age of human specialization as the primary source of economic value is undergoing a terminal decline. As Procedural Workflow Automation begins to absorb the majority of knowledge work, professionals must pivot from being the most skilled "cog" in the machine to becoming the "conductor" of an AI orchestra. This book is the essential survival guide for navigating the Agentic Dawn—a shift from the mastery of a craft to the orchestration of a system.

  7. A OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK
    Notes from the invisible profession
    Barton E Nicholls

    The draft ones were never sent. The post-mortems never said what really happened. The meetings never heard what you actually thought. This is the book that does.

  8. THE GLOBAL DATA WAR
    Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, and the Race for Data, Chips, and Cloud
    Nilesh Shantaram Devlekar

    Artificial Intelligence has become the new global power race. Nations are competing for data, infrastructure, and algorithmic dominance that will define the future world order.

  9. Bound by Design
    Abdulkabir Musa

    Your software architecture is a mirror of your team structure. If you don't like what you see in the code, look at your Slack channels. Bound by Design shows you how to fix both — together.

  10. The Austrian Side Business
    Use Austrian Economics to Build a Profitable, AI-Assisted Business Without Quitting Your Job
    Finxter

    How long can you keep collecting a good salary inside a company that is obviously too inefficient to survive what’s coming? This book shows you how to turn the broken workflows you already understand into income you control - before your paycheck reminds you it was never really safe.

  11. After Answers
    Living With Responsibility When Everything Explains Itself
    S. R. Ahmad

    Answers are no longer scarce.Explanations appear instantly. Systems respond before questions fully form. Relevance is calculated, sorted, and delivered with minimal friction. The surface appears efficient.Yet something shifts beneath this abundance.When selection is automated and signals fluctuate continuously, orientation does not strengthen. It fragments. Attention becomes reactive. Judgment becomes distributed. Decision-making persists, but its center grows less visible.After Answers does not argue against technology. It does not offer recovery strategies or productivity corrections. Instead, it observes what happens when explanation becomes constant and responsibility becomes ambient.What changes when systems anticipate preference? What weakens when relevance is delegated? What remains when guidance is automated but accountability is not?This book studies saturation without dramatizing it. It examines autonomy without romanticizing it. It approaches responsibility without prescribing solutions.For readers attentive to structural shifts in cognition, authority, and digital mediation, this work begins where answers stop stabilizing orientation.

  12. The Paradox of the Steel Maiden
    Human Freedom in a World Designed by Algorithms
    Kang San Lee

    In a world designed for efficiency, can a choice beyond calculation still matter? A philosophical inquiry into how human freedom emerges at the limits of algorithmic logic.

  13. Chastity's Code Cookbook
    Computer Programming Recipes for Technical Math Nerds
    Chastity White Rose

    I am a programmer who knows clever tricksI convert integers to bases two to thirty sixBy using character arrays as stringsI can show you amazing math things While others talk about politics and sportsI read about computers of all sortsProgramming languages are all the sameWhen you see arithmetic as a game I don’t write code for a job to be paidBut to understand the video games I playedTo see what works and find out whyTo create, use, study, share, and modify

  14. Ветеран Cray Research (Крей Рисёрч) рассказывает, как первопроходцы справлялись с подавляющей сложностью: распознавание закономерностей, предвосхитившее Мидуэй, системное мышление, изобретшее память на магнитных сердечниках. Опыт из одной области, применённый по-новому, сформировал суперкомпьютерную отрасль.

  15. A Guide to Desktop Linux in 2025
    What Most of Your Penguin Friends Won't Tell You
    James North

    It's not 1998 anymore. It's been over 30 years since Linux was first released, and the Linux Desktop has undergone seismic shifts in usability and capability over the years. This book is designed for the modern age and helps you take advantage of all the latest technology available for desktop Linux. Even if you've used Linux before, things have changed a lot in just the last few years. Whether you're worried Windows no longer has your best interests at heart, or you're just plain curious, this guide will help you get up and running while avoiding all of the usual potholes and footguns along the way.